Who am I?

Who am I?

Paul is the Faculty’s Head of Research and Knowledge Exchange and aResearch Professor within the Department of Exercise and Sport Science. He currently leads the academic developments for the Manchester Sport Initiative. Paul holds an Adjunct Professorial role in Applied Cognitive Neuroscience at Victoria University, Melbourne.

From 2008, Paul was the Director for the Institute for PerformanceResearch and co-led the University’s successful RAE and REF submission inAllied Health.

His research interests include motor cognition in human performance and movement rehabilitation where he has published widely on both subjects focusing on motor imagery and action observation mechanisms. Current clinical projects include apps for Parkinson's Disease patients, TMS and eye-gaze studies to optimise visuomotor interventions, and validating physiotherapy techniques in therapies for children with cerebral palsy. Paul is an associate editor for four journals and has worked as a sport psychologist in high performance sport for over 25 years.

Academic Biography

Academic and professional qualifications

BSc, MSc, PhD, CPsychol, AFBPS, CSci, HCPC

Previous employment

University of Gloucestershire: Programme Leader for Sport and Exercise Science.

Research Expertise, Publications & Grants

Research expertise

Motor cognition in sport, exercise and clinical populations.

Eye-gaze metrics as markers of action representations.

TMS markers of imagery and observation interactions.

Cognitive biases in healthy and clinical populations. The sport science of elite shooting performance. The supervisory process in postgraduate research degrees.